Of the Deadlands (2023) track-by-track
https://absentine.bandcamp.com/album/of-the-deadlands I have struggled increasingly with executive dysfunction. Between 2020 and 2023, I really felt unable to get around to recording this album, despite not struggling to write songs. It's cruel to sum up such frustrating impotence in a quick sentence, but I'm writing about the actual output: after a constipated trickle of tracking across the years, I eventually unlocked the ability to record in a large batch of focus in November 2023, amassing all my Annual Leave, with material I'd written across years prior. 1. Deadland melody/"The Haunt" This melody came to me while wandering literal rubble of Hanley. It was an era close to pandemic restrictions, but either way, that's what my home city is now. I know I am privileged compared to many other countries and localities, but I have witnessed our apocalypse. It was with this melody that the album gained identity, and form. Pretentious subtitle is a result of Deadla...